And dumping coal



/ JOSEPH DELANEY, OF ASHLAND,PENNSYLVANIA.

Letters Patent No. 91,093, dated Jame 8,1869. i

APPARATUS FOR RAISING- AIN'D -DU.MPING COAL.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same,

.To all whoms't may concern: Be it-known that I, Josnrrl DELANEY, of Ash land, in the county of Schuylkill, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Raising and Dumping Ooal, Ore, 850.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

. My invention consists in the combination of a certdin arrangement of rails at the top of a colliery or other slope, with a peculiar car, (an improvement upon that for' which Letters Patent were granted to J. W.

Bancrofton the 8th day of J anuary, 1867 the wheels of which are soarranged with respect to thesaid rails, that the car, after being raised to the top of the slope, shall beautomatioally tilted and its load discharged;

all of which is fully described hereafter.

In order to enable others skilled in the artto make andnse my. invention, I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operatiomgreference being had 'to the accompanying-drawing, which forms a part of this specification, and inwhich-- E Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a portion of a mine-slope, with my invention;

J'- Fi'gure'2, the same, showing the method of tilting a car, after it has been raised to the topof the slope;

' Figure 3, a rear view of the upper portion of fig. 2

Figure 4, an enlarged sectional view of one of the rear wheels of the slope-car;

i Figures 5 and 6, modified forms of wheels; and

Figure 7, a-diagram representing a modification of my invention. I I

" Similar letters, refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A represents a portion of a mine-slope, on which is laid'a track, B, the latter, after reaching the-highest point, 'x, of the slope, being continued downward at a moderate angle, so as to form a short inclined plane, a. w

at their lower ends, as shown in the drawing.

The car H, by which the coal, ore, or other material is raised up the slope A, is mounted upon flanged wheels I and I, arranged to run upon the track B; and the operating-rope or chain c, which passes over a pulley, e, of the frame F, is connected to a yoke, L, hung to lugs d d at the opposite side of the said car, as fully described in the aforesaid patent of J. W. Bancroft, of January 8, 1867.

In addition to the hind wheels .I' of the car, which, in. the present instance, are of somewhat larger diameter than the front wheels I, there are upon the same 7 axle j, figs. 3 and 4, and outsideor the said hind wheels, two, smaller flanged wheels k k, which, when theca'r reaches the top of the slope, are arranged to.-run upon the rails c c, as will be hereafter described.

The operation of the above arrangement is as follows:

The car having been lowered to the bottom of the slope, is filled with the coal or other material to, be elevated, and is then raised, by means of the hoistinggeaiyto the highest point x, the front wheels of the car then passing between the rails c, and beginning to descend the'inclined plane a, which the hind wheels are prevented from doing by reason of the overhanging loose wheels k k, these latter being caused to mount the rails c c, as best observed in fig. 2, until the rear end of the car is sufiiciently elevated to discharge the coal from the front end of the same into a chute, or'directly into a boat, car, or other receptacle placed to receive it; 1

It will be observed that the yoke L is connected to tide car at a point so far back that it aids considerably in tilting the same, when its angle, with respect to the said car, is changed, as seen in fig. 2.

After theload has been discharged, and the operating-rope or chain c permitted to slacken, ,the car will right itself, and by its own weight alone return to the slope, the rear end of the car first descending from the rails c, and then, passing down the slopeuntil the front wheels are withdrawn from the inclined plane a, and'the caragain assumes the angle shown infig.1.

The modification of my invention shown in fig. 7 represents a plan, by which the car, after being raised to the top of the slope, and tilted, can be conveyed to any convenient point before discharging its load; but in this casethe inclined front of the oar'should be provided with a suitabledoor or trap for preventing the discharge of the contents before the proper time.

The carmight also be drawn. horizontally, after reaching the topfof the slope, and not tilted until it had arrived at the point where the load was to be discharged.

Although I prefer, especially in. steep slopes, that the hind wheels of the car should be of considerably increased diameter, as described in the patent of the aforesaid J.. W. Bancroft, yet this is not absolutely essential in carrying out my invention; nor is it necessary that the supplementary wheels is should h loose and separate from the wheels I, asthey can be readily cast on to the same, as seen in fig. 5, or the hind wheels may, if desired, be merely increased in" use in 0lliery-sl0pes,jit will be evident that it 'is[ slmlirestlmth on the mus B and c, and shall beaueqnally applicable for raising and lumping 0211, or any tomatica-lly tilted, audits load discharged, all substzun,

other material. tially as herein set forth; Y

I claim as my invention, and desire t0 secure by Let ln testimony WhBIGOf, I have v signed my name to ters Patent i I in combination withthe sl0pe-track B and with mils c c, arranged outside of and forminga continuatibn of the-same, a car, H, the wheels of which are Witnesses: so arranged, with respect to the said track, and rail 0, F. H. GARRETT,

I this specifi'czttio'11, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses;

- JOSEPH DELANEY.

that after reaehing the top ofthe slppe, the saidcai'ti' ,1 JQHNHYERQT 

